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39 of 1932.
29 of 1933.
24 of 1935.
15 of 1936.
1 of 1949.
Companies.
CHAPTER 32.
COMPANIES.
To consolidate and amend the law relating to companies.
[1st July, 1933.]
9 of 1950.
22 of 1950.
24 of 1950.
Short title.
Interpretation.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 380.
1 of 1949, s. 22.
(1 of 1865.)
(58 of 1911.)
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Companies Ordinance.
Interpretation.
2. (1) In this Ordinance-
"annual return" means the return required to be made, in the case of a company having a share capital, under section 107, and, in the case of a company not having a share capital, under section 108;
"articles" means the articles of association of a company, as originally framed or as altered by special resolution, including, so far as they apply to the company, the regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule annexed to the Companies Ordinance, 1865, or in that table as altered in pursuance of powers given under that Ordinance, or in Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Ordinance, 1911, or in that table as altered in pursuance of section mentioned of the last Ordinance, or in Table A in the First Schedule to this Ordinance;
"book and paper" and "book or paper" include accounts, deeds, writings, and documents;
"company" means a company formed and registered under this Ordinance or an existing company;
"court" used in relation to a company means the court having jurisdiction to wind up the company;
"debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not;
"director" includes any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called;
"document" includes summons, notice, order, and other legal process, and registers;